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    A bag contains 3 black, 4 red, 3 yellow, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a b

    A bag contains 3 black, 4 red, 3 yellow, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a black and then a red marble out of the bag without replacing the black marble before drawing the red marble? The phrase without replacement is a huge clue on this problem. Take each draw and...
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    From a regular deck of 52 playing cards, you turn over a 6 and then a 7. What is the probability tha

    From a regular deck of 52 playing cards, you turn over a 6 and then a 7. What is the probability that the next card you turn over will be a face card? Key phrases: 52 card standard deck so you know there's no tricks or missing cards. Calculate the number of face cards in a standard 52 card...
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    A jar contains 7 red marbles, 8 green marbles, and 6 blue marbles. What is the probability that you

    A jar contains 7 red marbles, 8 green marbles, and 6 blue marbles. What is the probability that you draw 4 green marbles in a row if you do not replace the marbles after each draw? The key phrase in this problem is do not replace. Draw #1: P(Green) = Total Green Marbles in the Jar / Total...
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    A box contains 5 black and 2 white balls. 2 balls are drawn without replacement. Find the probabilit

    A box contains 5 black and 2 white balls. 2 balls are drawn without replacement. Find the probability of drawing 2 black balls. First draw probability of black is: Total Balls in box = Black balls + white balls Total Balls in Box = 5 + 2 Total Balls in Box = 7 P(Black) = Black Balls / Total...
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    Jennifer is playing cards with her bestie when she draws a card from a pack of 25 cards numbered fro

    Jennifer is playing cards with her bestie when she draws a card from a pack of 25 cards numbered from 1 to 25. What is the probability of drawing a number that is square? The squares from 1 - 25 less than or equal to 25 are as follows: 1^2 = 1 2^2 = 4 3^2 = 9 4^2 = 16 5^2 = 25 So the...
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    7 black shirts 5 white shirts 10 gray shirts one is chosen at random, what is the probability that i

    7 black shirts 5 white shirts 10 gray shirts one is chosen at random, what is the probability that it is not gray Find the total shirts: Total shirts = Black Shirts + White Shirts + Gray Shirts Total shirts = 7 + 5 + 10 Total shirts = 22 Calculate the probability of choosing a gray shirt...
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    A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 6 red marbles, and 4 green marbles. You select one marble at random f

    A bag contains 5 blue marbles, 6 red marbles, and 4 green marbles. You select one marble at random from the bag. What is P(blue) P(blue) = Number of blue marbles / Total Marbles P(blue) = 5 / (5 + 6 + 4) P(blue) = 5/15 We can reduce this. So we type in 5/15 into our search engine, choose...
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    A drawer is filled with 9 black shirts , 6 white shirts, and 5 gray shirts one shirt is chosen at ra

    A drawer is filled with 9 black shirts , 6 white shirts, and 5 gray shirts one shirt is chosen at random from the drawer find the probability that it is not a white shirt P(Not White) = P(Black or Gray) P(Black or Gray) = (Total Black + Total Gray)/Total Shirts P(Black or Gray) = (9 + 5)/(9 + 6...
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    a jar contains a $5 note, two $10 notes, a $20 note and a $50 note. if 2 notes are taken out by rand

    a jar contains a $5 note, two $10 notes, a $20 note and a $50 note. if 2 notes are taken out by random, find the probability that their sum is $15 To get a sum of $15, we'd need to pull the $5 and the $10. Since both events are indepdenent, we have: P($5 or 10) or P(whatever is not pulled in...
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    Aaron buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 6 peanut butter cookies,7 sugar

    Aaron buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 6 peanut butter cookies,7 sugar cookies and 6 oatmeal raisin cookies. What it’s the probability that Aaron randomly selects a peanut butter cookie from the bag, eats it,, then randomly selects another peanut butter cookie...
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    A bag contains 19 balls numbered 1 through 19. What is the probability that a randomly selected ball

    A bag contains 19 balls numbered 1 through 19. What is the probability that a randomly selected ball has an even number? Even numbers in the bag are {2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18} So we have 9 total even numbers. Therefore, the probability of drawing an even number is 9/19
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    Gregg has 8 cards.Half red,half black. He picks 2 cards from the deck.What is the probability both o

    Gregg has 8 cards.Half red,half black. He picks 2 cards from the deck.What is the probability both of them are red? Half means 4 cards are red and 4 cards are black. The first draw probability of red is: 4 total red cards out of 8 total cards = 4/8. Simplified, this is 1/2 The second draw is...
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    A bag contains 6 red balls and 7 green balls. You plan to select 4 balls at random. Determine the pr

    A bag contains 6 red balls and 7 green balls. You plan to select 4 balls at random. Determine the probability of selecting 4 green balls. Assuming draw without replacement of the balls, we have: Selection 1: 7 green out of 13 balls Selection 2: 6 green out of 12 balls Selection 3: 5 green out...
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    A box contains 4 red jellies, 6 blue jellies and 5 yellow jellies. What is the probability that a j

    A box contains 4 red jellies, 6 blue jellies and 5 yellow jellies. What is the probability that a jelly chosen randomly from the box is not red? Calculate Total Jellies: Total Jellies = Red Jellies + Blue Jellies + Yellow Jellies Total Jellies = 4 + 6 + 5 Total Jellies = 15 Not choosing a red...
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    you draw a card at random from a deck that contains 3 black cards and 7 red cards what is the probab

    you draw a card at random from a deck that contains 3 black cards and 7 red cards what is the probability of you drawing a black card Total cards = 3 black + 7 red Total cards = 10 P(Black) = Black cards / Total Cards P(Black) = 3/10 or 0.3
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    There are 5 orange books, 12 black books, and 8 tan books on Mr. Johnsons bookshelf. Calculate the p

    There are 5 orange books, 12 black books, and 8 tan books on Mr. Johnsons bookshelf. Calculate the probability of randomly selecting a black book and then a tan book without replacement. Write your answer as a percent. P(black book first draw) P(black book first draw) = 12 black / (5 orange +...
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    There is a bag filled with 3 blue, 4 red and 5 green marbles. A marble is taken at random from the

    There is a bag filled with 3 blue, 4 red and 5 green marbles. A marble is taken at random from the bag, the colour is noted and then it is not replaced. Another marble is taken at random. What is the probability of getting exactly 1 green? Calculate Total marbles Total marbles = Blue + Red +...
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    A bag contains 7 red, 9 white, and 4 blue marbles. Find the probability of picking 3 blue marbles if

    A bag contains 7 red, 9 white, and 4 blue marbles. Find the probability of picking 3 blue marbles if each marble is NOT returned to the bag before the next marble is picked. The problem states we will have no replacement. First draw probability is 4 blue marbles out of (7 red + 9 white + 4...
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    If there are 52 cards in a pack, what is the probability of picking 2 kings in a row when the first

    If there are 52 cards in a pack, what is the probability of picking 2 kings in a row when the first card picked is not put back? 4 kings in a deck, and 52 cards in a pack. First draw, the probability of drawing a king is 4/52. Second draw, we have 51 cards left since we do not put the first...
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    A box contains 10 bells. There are 6 red bells and the rest are silver. What is the probability of p

    A box contains 10 bells. There are 6 red bells and the rest are silver. What is the probability of picking two bells of the same color if the bell is replaced after each pick? If there are 6 red bells, then we have 10 - 6 = 4 silver bells. The problem asks for the probability of picking two...
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